Yes folks! It's the world premier of our new Razor Blade video filmed by the great Logan Hall starring the Outcome with a super sexy burlesque performance by Shirley Cean Rogiers, Daniel Villarreal-Carrillo as the evil magician sawing yours truly in two, Courtney Glascoe as the magician assistant, Marc Piane as the ex-lover bastard deserver of vengeance, Gary Kalar as an innocent bystander just trying to get a shave, and many of our dear friends as extras. You don't want to miss this!!

That's right! During the month of April 2013, Ami Saraiya & the Outcome grace the WBEZ 91.5 FM (Chicago NPR satellite) airwaves as the inaugural Monday Residency band. Hear them play instrumentals between news stories and also a few full songs each week - some that they've never played before live or elsewhere. Listen to sessions below

The fundraiser for our (Ami Saraiya & The Outcome's) new "Purging" stop animation video has just gone live through the wonderful 3Arts organization! We're asking for your monetary support to help us realize this vision and to support the great Chicago visual artists that are working on the video in exchange forsome great gifts for donations includ

ing: music from our recent releases,

your name in the video credits, personalized t-shirts, a serenade from yours truly, a song written just for you, a stop animation video for you, and more.

Ami Saraiya has been named as one of the 12 recipients of the 3Arts award for 2011!! Check out Ami's 3arts profile/video here: Ami Saraiya. Many great things to come with the award. Driven by the belief that the vitality and creative spirit of Chicago is reliant upon a diverse spectrum of artistic voices, 3Arts advocates for women artists, artists of color, and artists with disabilities working in the performing, teaching, and visual arts. Through the program, twelve artists receive a large cash reward to put to use according to their individual needs and priorities—no strings attached.

Ami & The Outcome on Tour!

Ami & The Outcome are in the process of booking their eastern and southeastern Tours for the fall/winter 2011. Full U.S. tour with the realease of their new upcoming album in spring 2012

Yes, it's finally true - Ami Saraiya & The Outcome's EP release is set for March 10th, 2011 at Schubas. We've been working hard with our friends at Maestro-matic studios and are in the process of mixing. (Press contact for EP release: JP at Little Priest PR / jp@littlepriest.com

Full album set to be released Summer/Fall 2011.

National Radio Promotions Deal with Team Clermont!

It's official! Just signed a national radio promotion deal with the fabulous Team Clermont. So you should be hearing alot more tunes from "Archaeologist" on the airwaves starting August and September 2010!!

The good folks at Team Clermont have worked hard at promoting some fabulous indie artists like Ane Brun, Larkin Grimm, and the Heligoats (just to name a few of my favorites). I'm honored to be joining their roster.

Original tune "Sweet Chariot" by Ami Saraiya/Anna Soltys benefits pilgrimage to US Social Forum

April 30. Chicago for the People Concert & CD Release

On a blistering winter morning Ami Saraiya and Anna Soltys, two local singer-songwriters, visited a Northwest side street corner where hundreds of immigrant workers seek employment as day laborers for contractors who arrive and negotiate from their trucks. From the experience of meeting with workers from Ecuador, Honduras, Poland, and Eastern Europe, the singers wrote the new single, Sweet Chariot, to be released April 30th. (see Chicago Sun-times Article by David Hoekstra 'That's the Sound of Working' about the project)

The visit and song are part of a larger cultural project of bringing together artists and musicians with community organizations striving for better conditions under the banner “Chicago for the People.” Local bands such as Judson Claiborne, Rebel Diaz, Detholz, Mucca Pazza and others donate tracks for a CD whose sales will raise funds for grassroots groups to attend the US Social Forum in Detroit this June.

“The forum for us is an opportunity to gather with others who live on the margins and place ourselves at the center. We have to stop letting others speak for us and speak for ourselves. We are in the struggle because we are the struggle, its up to us,” explains analía rodriguez who’s organizing a delegation from Little Village and Pilsen. “Through combining cultural work and organizing, we’re building a movement. We want to take the city that works and make it the city that works for everyone,” B. Loewe, Social Forum organizer, states.

What: Chicago for the People Concert & CD Release: Performances by Bagwis, Black Bear Combo, and Los Vicios de Papa